Congratulations to Geocomp Corporation on their 30 year anniversary. Geocomp provides design & consulting, instrumentation and monitoring, lab testing equipment and products, and high-end lab testing services to the geotechnical industry. Find out more about them at the Geocomp website. [Source: Geoengineer.org. Image: Geocomp]
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